Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1982 Hollywood Beach, Broward County, Florida, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1982

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Hollywood Beach, Broward County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: mid-20s

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Remains recovered from 2.7 m tiger shark, but shark involvement prior to death unknown

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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